ix. The passage is singularly inadequate to fill a gap of 14

to 16 months, during which events of the first importance occurred to Bābur and to the Chaghatāī dynasty.

x. Khwāja _Aḥrārī's_ promises did nothing to fulfil Bābur's wishes for 908 AH. while those of Ya`qūb for immediate victory were closely followed by defeat and exile. Bābur knew the facts; the passage cannot be his. It looks as though the writer saw Bābur in Karnān across Tīmūrid success in Hindūstān.